On 25 March, Mishcon de Reya and Capital & Regional hosted the second of two pre-election Q&As on planning for the future of our town centres and high streets, chaired by Estates Gazette Deputy Editor, Samantha McClary. Our Guest of Honour was Brandon Lewis MP, Housing and Planning Minister who discussed Conservative planning policy with our guests. Just days before parliament was dissolved and the countdown to the 7 May general election began officially, housing and planning minister Brandon Lewis took part in the second of Capital & Regional’s and Mishcon de Reya’s political debates to outline the Conservatives’ view on building and expanding the UK’s towns and cities.

The event was originally planned as an evening debate for an audience of over 100 guests but, thwarted at the last moment by a three line whip in the house, it was rescheduled a small breakfast roundtable the following morning.